Miyajima
The holy island of Miyajima, just a 20 minutes boat-ride from Hiroshima, has Japans second most popular photo-object - the great gate. For many centuries ordinary people where not allowed to set foot on the island. They could only visit the shrine which is build on poles in the water, and then they had to enter through this gate
Date
2009-06-08 23:30
Shutterspeed
1/125 sec
F-stop
6.3
Focal lenght
40 mm
Iso
100
Pure spirit and mind
To purify your spirit and mind, you wash your hands and sometime mouth with water from a well at the entrance of a shrine
Date
2009-06-10 19:04
Shutterspeed
1/125 sec
F-stop
4
Focal lenght
155 mm
Iso
200
Ryoan-ji
This particular Zen garden has 15 larger rocks placed so that you can never see more than 14 of them from any point. Only if you are truly enlightened you can see all 15
Date
2009-06-10 19:22
Shutterspeed
1/800 sec
F-stop
4
Focal lenght
70 mm
Iso
400
Roof
Typical Japanese roof at the UNESCO world heritage-site of Nikko
Date
2009-06-10 19:23
Shutterspeed
1/125 sec
F-stop
4
Focal lenght
200 mm
Iso
100
Shrine
Details from a beautiful shrine right in the middle of bustling Akihabara (electric-town) in central Tokyo
Date
2009-06-10 19:12
Shutterspeed
1/50 sec
F-stop
7.1
Focal lenght
192 mm
Iso
100
The 47 samurais
This is the grave of the 47 samurais who in the early 18th century was left leaderless after their master had to commit suicide as a result of an assault on a court official. In accordance with their code of honor they killed the official, knowing they would then themselves have to commit suicide on account of murder. Every year on the day of their suicide, people come to these graves in the middle of Shinagawa Tokyo, to pay their respect
Date
2009-06-10 19:15
Shutterspeed
1/20 sec
F-stop
4
Focal lenght
17 mm
Iso
100
Inari
Just a couple of minutes by train from Kyoto main station lies Inari and its Path Of The Thousand Gates. This path stretches for several kilometers and it is lined with gates
Date
2009-06-10 18:45
Shutterspeed
1/13 sec
F-stop
4
Focal lenght
17 mm
Iso
400
Nikko
Nikko
Date
2009-05-24 10:37
Shutterspeed
1/200 sec
F-stop
4
Focal lenght
200 mm
Iso
200
Geisha
In Kyotos traditional Gion-district geisha and maiko are frequently seen hurrying into a cab for an appointment with one of their clients
Date
2009-06-10 19:25
Shutterspeed
1/125 sec
F-stop
4
Focal lenght
200 mm
Iso
400
Gion, Kyoto
Geisha shoes
Date
2009-06-08 23:27
Shutterspeed
1/250 sec
F-stop
7.1
Focal lenght
110 mm
Iso
400
Nanzen-ji
Nanzen-ji, one of the biggest shrines in Kyoto
Date
2009-06-08 23:19
Shutterspeed
1/100 sec
F-stop
5.6
Focal lenght
135 mm
Iso
100
Monks
Monks performing their seremonies in the ancient town of Kamakura
Date
2009-06-10 19:33
Shutterspeed
1/100 sec
F-stop
5
Focal lenght
76 mm
Iso
400
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I hope You will enjoy the photos You find here. I've been a dedicated hobby-photographer for the last 5 years and with this newly redesigned webpage I'm hoping to take my photography to a more serious level.
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